Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Plant raw materials in charr feed instead of fishmeal and fish oil Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Jón Árnason Coordinator email jon.arnason@matis.is
Coordinator institution
MATIS - Matis Ltd (Iceland)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2006 End year 2007 Funding (€) € NA Website https://www.matis.is/media/matis/utgafa/Skyrsla_10-08.pdf Summary "The objective of the project was to produce economical feed for Arctic charr to decrease production cost and increase profitability in Arctic charr farming.
The project investigated the possibilities of replacing fishmeal and fish oil with raw materials of plant origin, and to find out the limits for their use as feed ingredients. The criteria was that the feed should ensure maximum health, optimize utilization of feed and growth should be comparable to growth obtained by feed currently used. Neither should the feed have adverse effects on product quality, especially regarding fatty acids composition and physical properties (taste, flesh-colour, texture).
Effect of different raw materials was screened in start feeding trails using Arctic charr larvae. The most interesting raw material combinations were thereafter tested in trials with bigger fish in order to confirm the results of the start feeding trials and investigate the effect of the combinations on slaughter quality of the Arctic charr.
The results of the trials with different protein raw materials confirmed that high quality fishmeal (Superior) is a very good protein source for Arctic charr. Arctic charr seems to have limited ability to utilize soybean meal and the inclusion should be limited to ≤ 15% in the diet, similar to the limits that are common for Atlantic salmon diets. The limits for use of Corn gluten meal in starter diets seem to be ≤ 18% but this raw material was not tested in bigger fish. The response of Arctic charr to the use of rapeseed meal as protein source was positive and even as high inclusion as 30% in the diet did not have negative effect on growth.
The main findings of the project regarding use of lipid sources is that it is possible to use different sources with reasonable effect in feed for Arctic charr. Of particular interest is the effect of palm oil. Arctic charr larvae seem to be more demanding, regarding use of lipid sources, than bigger fish. The results clearly demonstrate the effect of fatty acid (FA) composition of the lipid sources on the FA composition of the fish and it is possible to change the FA profile with different lipid sources. Different lipid sources also have marked effects on different sensory traits in the farmed Arctic charr. "
Keywords
Fish meal replacement;
Diets;
Fish oil replacement;
Growth rate;
Fish;
Artic charr;
Marine Region
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